Crib.



M. LOWY.

CRIB.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 2. 1914.

1.143.292. Y Patented June 15, 1915.

INVENTO/i TTOR Y MORRIS LOWY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LOWY PATENT FURNITURE CG. INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

CRIB.

Specification of I.etters Patent.

Application led November 2, .1914. Serial No. 889,856.

To all w71 om, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Monms LowY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State iof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cribs, of -which the following is a specication.

The present invention relates to cribs, that is to say to beds in which the head and foot sections are connected by side frames or sideV guards. y

The side guards are usually slidably arranged on vertically extending guides on the posts of the head and foot sections of the cribs. For holding the said side guards in their operative, that is to say in their upper positions, there are usually provided coacting means on the said side guards and the posts of the head and foot sections of the crib, for instance there are hooks attached to the guides for engagementwith the said guards. lf a sidel guard is to be lowered to permit of placing a child into the crib or taking the same from the crib, obviously the v operator 1s compelled rst to disengage one of the said hooks from the side guard and then to Walk throughout the length of the crib for the purpose of disengaging the other hook from said side guard. 1t she' happens to have' a child in her arms, considerable difficulty is experienced in disengaging thesaid hooks from the side guards for the reason that only one of her arms is free, and the said hooks are located higher than a person of ordinary height could reach with a child in her arms.

The main object of the presentinvention is to provide a simple and eicient mechanism for holding a side guard of a crib in its elevated operative position, said means being preferably disposed upon one of the side rails of the crib bottom and is adapted to be actuated by a pressure exerted thereon, for instance, by the leg or knee of the operator. The difficulties above mentioned are thereby eitectively obviated. y

With these and other' objects in view, which wili more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the saine consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims A,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many E.2 is a. side elevationot a portion of one of the side gua-rds of the crib; Fig. -3 is a section taken on line 3---3 of Fig. 2; Figfl is a side elevation of a detail on an enlarged scale; Fig. 5 is 'a plan view of the detail .shown in Fig. 4; Fig. (i is a section taken on line 6 6 of Fig. t; Fig. 7 is a side elevation of another detail of construction; Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the detail shown in Fig. 7; Fig. 9 is a side elevation of a modification of the invention; Fig. 10 is a sectiontaken on line '1D- 10 of Fig. 9; and Fig. 11 is a section taken on line 11-11 of Fig. 9.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 8, inclusive, the numeral 11 indicates the head section of a crib, and the numeral 19. the foot section thereof. These sections may be made of any suitable material, for instance metal or wood, and may be of any design and shape' suitable in the construeA tion of cribs. ln the drawings, the head and foot sections have been shown of a type usual in metal crib constructions, consisting of posts 13, which are united at their upper ends by cross members 14, their lower ends being'connected by tie-rods 15. rlhe cross members and tie-rods are joined by bars 16 to form open-work head and foot pieces. The head and foot sections of the crib are connected by side rails 17, made preferably of angle-iron, said rails supporting the crib bottom, (not shown in the drawings). Upon the posts 13 of the head and Jfoot sections ot the crib are provided vertically cxtending stationary guide rods 18, on which are slidably disposed the side guards 19 of the crib. liach of these side guards comprises a horizontal top bar 20 and a similarly arranged bottom bar Q1, which are connected, for instance bv vertical tie-bars 9.2. The outer tie-bars are made in the form of tubular members 23, which are slid over the guide rods 1S. @ne of these side guards may be held in operative position, thatis to say in Aits'raisedposition by hooks that are fas The bottom bar 21 of the front .side guard i vhas attached thereto two downwardlyl extending lugs' 24 each being provided with anotch 25. IIn t `ese notches are adapted to be seated projections 26 of astri 27, the

said strip abutting against the un erface of I ,engagement o'fthe' lugs 24' the horizontal flange 28 of the side rail 17,

and beingslidablyheld thereonI by f des 29, 'that are riveted or otherwise attac ed' to .t side rail. The projections 26 protrude thr ughhorizontally extendin slots' 30 in the tical ange 31 of the si e' rail." The outer ends of these projections are -bent downward, as clearly shown at'32, for 'a purpose hereinafter to be described. Tothestrip 27 is attached one end of a s ring 33,4the otherI end thereof being fastene at 34 to the side rail. Thisfspring keeps the rojections 26 seated in the' notches of the ugs 24. lThe stri" 27A is provided with a downwardly extending ,operatin handle 35, that -is within eas vreach Aof the g or knee of a person. 1

. he 4operationof this device is as follows:-

In Fig.' 1 vof the drawings the side guard is shownin its elevated normal posltion, in which the projections 26 of the strip 27 are 4 seated in the notches in the lugs 24. 4I f it is intended to lower the side guard it is. simlply necessary to shift the operatm handle` 35 in the "direction -of thel arrow own 1n Fig. lof the drawings, whereby theprojections 26 become disen aged from the lugs 24 on the side guard, t e'latter droppinglas far as the guide rods will permit. e spring 33 returns thev stri 27 to its normal position; The downwar y bent portions 32' 'of theproje'ctions 26 serve to revent a disv om the said projections ln'alateral direction. j" t '.'ofthe mvention 1s shown, 'differing frm the oneabovedescribed'injthat' linstead of the strip 2 7,.a bar 'isprovide y'thattb-uts a 'ainst'tlie vertical flange fytheangle-iron free' ends.

.held thereon by said l direction ofthe longitudinal axis of said rails and are rovi the slots 30 in the side ed with heads 38 on their are also made in the form of studs, denoted by the numeral 26', said studs having headsi v l 4device shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

What I claimiszhe projections on the bar 36- movement by studs 37,

1. A vcrib comprising head and foot secsame, one of lsaid side rails being provided with horizontally extending slots in the verv'tical 4ian'ge thereof, a side guard slidably disposed yupon sai-d head and foot sections, a ypluralityl of downwardly extending notched lugs upon said side guard, guides upon =said slotted side rail, a rigid stri upon the inner 'face of said slotted side ra1l ides slidable in the side 'rail,` and projections upon said stri rotruding through said slots and adapte o be'seated in the notches of said lu substantially as and for the urpose s eclfied.

o 2. A crib comprising ead an .footsections, vangle-iron side rails connecting the same, one of saidfside yrails 'being provided lwith horizontally extending slots in thevertical' ange thereof, a side guard slidably disposed upon said head and foot sections," a.

' lurality of downwardly extending notched ugs u onl said side guard, guides upon" said slotte side rail, a rigid strip upon the 'nn'er face of said-slotted side railheld thereon vby said guides slidable, in the' direction `of the longitudinal axis of'said`side rail, projections upon said stri protruding throu h: said slots and 4adapte to 'be seated in t e notches'I ofsaid lugs, andmeans for keeping said. projections seated 'in said notches, sub- Stantutlel.y as" and for 'the purpose specified. `f Sib {at-New York, iin-the? county .of 'In 9 to 1`12 inclusive,a modification' New ork,

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